Door-to-door scammer strikes

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1:24 AM,
May 24, 2013

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Police are asking residents to be aware of scam artists after a caller reported suspicious activity.

Lt. Mike Radcliff of the Marion Police Department said a woman with a little girl was going door to door asking people for money around 6:14 p.m. on Wednesday. A caller said the woman, who was in the 500 block of Vernon Heights Boulevard, claimed her child was in the hospital and she needed money to visit her.

City safety director Tom Robbins said it's a scam they have seen in other central Ohio communities. ...